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Last look

Perth lawyer Patti Chong and the ABC's Russell Woolf take a look back at the week.

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ELIZA BLUE, PRESENTER: And now it's time for a look back at the week.

And I'm joined by well known Perth lawyer Patti Chong and the ABC's own Russell Woolf.

Welcome to you both.

Russ, we're in now this post election week. Do you think it is the dawn of this new political scene with the independents having power or is it a bit chaotic?

RUSSELL WOOLF: I think it's chaotic. I don't think I would necessarily see this as a pattern that's going to repeat itself from here on in. I think this is pretty much a one off.

This has been a very long election campaign. It's hard to imagine as it's Friday today that it was only less than a week ago that we were at the polls. This last week has dragged on and on and on.

And now the latest information we have from the brilliant Antony Green is 73 72 to the Coalition, four independents, a Green, a National member in WA who says he will sit on the cross benches not part of the National Party but will probably be with the Coalition you would think.

It's intriguing and we have another couple of weeks.

ELIZA BLUE: How are you looking at the whole situation Patti?

PATTI CHONG: Well I am frankly bored by the whole thing.

ELIZA BLUE: Were you bored before the election or are you bored post?

PATTI CHONG: I was bored before the election as well.

But with the results it's amazing that for a country like Australia it hasn't got the contingency plan like we face now.

And it should be majority of seats and majority of votes.

Why should the country be held to ransom by three independents, three or four independents when the majority of votes are outside those four or five seats?

ELIZA BLUE: What about the other, the big issue of this week here in Western Australia is the Ben Cousins documentary that aired.

Patti, how have you seen the debate since that about particularly the potential glorifying of drug use by a very well known football player here in WA?

PATTI CHONG: Well I am quite concerned that someone as well known as Ben Cousins getting himself filmed on TV, what was his purpose?

Was it to glorify drugs or to make money out of his career, past after he finishing.

ELIZA BLUE: To create an income stream post the game.

PATTI CHONG: That's right.

RUSSELL WOOLF: But I mean his motivation could be for good in that he wants to set an example or show people the dangers.

I viewed the documentary as being about, for me, it was about a family crushed.

And drugs is something that cuts through all classes and all ages and all professions.

I thought it was powerful, I mean, I was close to tears at times, especially watching Brian and Ben's sister Mel I think it was when they were reflecting on moments past.

I found it incredibly powerful.

Well I suppose we will see how it plays out particularly for Ben post his football career, but thank you both of you for coming on tonight.